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Issues of 100th Anniversary edition of Illka newspapers; oversize folders of photographs; a glass frame of a crocheted Finnish flag.

Records of the Painted Turtle Art Shop, founded May 1983 by Ruth Tye McKenzie, and sold in May 2003. Includes records related to the inception of the shop, advertisements, sales records.

• Painted Turtle - General
• Painted Turtle Start - 1983
• Advertising + Clippings
• Donations + Community Support
• Sales
• Small Business Development 1992
• Window on Art 2000 (2 folders)
• 20th Anniversary Bag
• Thunder Bay Business Women’s Network Awards 1998
• Painted Turtle Weekly Calendar 2000
• Sale 2003
• “Escape of the Painted Turtles”

The Ministry of Natural Resources began developing master plans for parks in the 1970s. The plan for Sleeping Giant Provincial Park (at that time Sibley Provincial Park) didn’t rely on any public consultation, and was not well received.

As more Park Plans were rolled out, the MNR engaged in more consultation. Responses to plans as well as draft and final Plans are included in these records.

Park Plans include those for:
Sleeping Giant Provincial Park (1972)
Northern Lights Lake Area Plan (1972)
Ouimet Canyon (1975)
Neys (1977) (no files)
Rushing River (1986)
La Verendrye (1985-1986)
Slate Islands (1985-1988)
Turtle River/White Otter (1990-1992)
Brightsand (1990-1993)
Lands for Life (1998)
Kakabeka Falls (2000-2001)
Black Sturgeon River (2002-2003) (no files)
Lake Nipigon Area Plan (2002-2003)

As well as other records related to:
Stanley Bur Oak park proposal (1988-1990)
Pukaskwa National Park Provisional Master Plan (1972-1995)
Graham Area Land Use Plan (1972)
Algonquin Park (1973)
Greenwood Lake White Pine (1979)

This series consists of records related to partner organizations of the Northwestern Ontario Regional Child Care Committee, including the Lakehead Social Planning Council, Northwestern Ontario Women's Decade Council, and Thunder Bay Advocates for Quality Child Care.

Includes course work, translation work, and academic correspondence.

Records include personal correspondence, certificates, notes from schooling and continuing education, and art exhibit catalogues featuring Ruth Tye McKenzie’s work.

• Personal - General
• Greeting Cards
• Cards
• Cards and Ceramics Notes - c 1960
• Notebook - Ontario College of Art
• St. Mark’s Church, Dundas - 1961-1962
• Notebook - Lecture Series 1976
• Paid Bills for Construction of Studio - 1976-1977
• Classes at College
• Photograph of Joan Brigden
• Art Catalogues - Publications featuring Ruth Tye McKenzie
• Harkness - Music CD
• Certificates - 1937-1945
• High School Notes
• Sketches - 1946
• Graphic Design Notes
• Colour Charts - Exercises
• 4 small notebooks with daily notes and lists
• Framed picture signed on matting by many friends

Includes some of Garton's correspondence and writings, some correspondence copied or forwarded from other naturalists, one personal diary from 1987, and a set of hand-drawn diagrams of plant biology.

Letters, diaries, photographs, and other records of Margaret Phillips's personal life, family relationships, and friendships.

Consists of personal professional materials, including: job applications, promotion and tenure files, book reviews, correspondence, and records related to events and conferences.

Tourism Guidebooks
Postcard Images -- Thunder Bay and Kenora
Negatives and transparencies
Prints - Skiing
Prints - Fishing
Photographs - 1
Black + White Prints - 1
Black + White Prints - 2
Black + White Prints - 3
Black + White Prints - 4
Colour Prints
Colour photographs from slide boxes
2” slides (Airlane Hotel)

Slides arranged into the following broad categories, based on an earlier numbering system:

1. Thunder Bay and buildings (approx 90 slides)
2. Confederation college fitness facilities (9 slides)
3. Industry. Grain elevators, trains, shipbuilding, pulp & paper. (approx 110 slides.)
4. Fort William Historical Park (approximately 220 slides.)
5. Harbour & Marina Park. International Friendship Gardens. Chippewa Park. Silver Islet. (approximately 100 slides.)
6. Boulevard Lake. Vickers Park. Hillcrest Park. Centennial Park. Cascades Conservation Area. Trowbridge Falls Park. Waverley Park. Paterson Park. (Approximately 120 slides.)
   8a. Events. Rendezvous Days. Teddy Bears’ Picnic. Benny Birch’s Birthday Party. Murillo Fair. Sibley Ski Tour. Heart of Thunder Bay Run. Nipigon Fall Fishing Festival. (Approximately 80 slides.)
   8b. Events. Canada Day. Folklore Festival. Indian Days (Pow Wow). Fur Trappers’ Fiddle Contest. (Approximately 100 slides.)
7. Skiing. Big Thunder. Candy Mountain. Mount McKay. Mount Baldy. Kamview. (Approximately 80 slides).
8. Aquatic sports. Sailing, boating. Canoeing. Windsurfing. Water skiing. Swimming. Water polo. Scuba diving. (Approximately 60 slides).
9. Jeux Canada Games 1981. Track and field. Tennis. Golf. Judo. Fencing. Badminton. Weight lifting. Soccer. Wrestling. Baseball. Basketball. Volleyball. Synchronized swimming. Hang gliding. (Approximately 60 slides).
10. Jeux Canada Games 1981. People, teams, medals. Cycling. Archery. Canoeing and kayaking. Diving. Baseball. (Approximately 80 slides.)
11. Fishing, lodges, aircraft. (Approximately 90 slides.)
    16b. Lake Nipigon. Surprise Lake. Sandstone Lake. Reflection Lake. Saganaga Lake. (Approximately 40 slides.)
    17a. Parks. Hazelwood Conservation Area. Hurkett Conservation Area. Eunice Wishart Conservation Area. Jim Jessiman Conservation Area. Wolf River Trailer Park. Poplar Lake Park. Pebble Beach. Stillwater Camp. (Approximately 40 slides.)
    17b. Waterfalls. Cedar Falls Conservation Area. High Falls. Middle Falls. Mink Creek Falls. Highway 17 Falls. Others. (Approximately 25 slides.)
12. Provincial Parks. Lake Superior Provincial Park. Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park. McLeod Provincial Park. Neys Provincial Park. Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park. Nipigon Park. Pukaskwa National Park. Rainbow Falls Provincial Park. Sleeping Giant Provincial Park. (Approximately 120 slides.)
13. Nature/wildlife. Shores. Roads. Flowers. Intercity mall. (Approximately 110 slides.)
    21A. Lodges, camps. Terrace Bay, Marathon, Beardmore areas. (Approximately 50 slides.)
    21B. Nipigon area. Pays Plat. Rossport. (Approximately 30 slides.)
14. Circle Tour. Sault Ste Marie, Minnesota, Michigan. Approximately 60 slides.
    Unnumbered. Primarily circle tour and skiing. (Approximately 170 slides.)

Photographs are divided into seven subseries:
A - Architecture
B - Arts (Theatre, music, dance, arts, crafts)
C - Business & industry
D - Churches
E - Communities in Northwestern Ontario
F - People, families, & genealogy
G - Organizations

Photographs of the Northern Woman's Bookstore through the years, including people, events, and physical spaces.

Some photographs taken by Langworthy or reflecting his activities; others have been collected representing various historical interests.

A collection of photographs, negatives, contact sheets and slides that relate to students, faculty, alumni, events, and the Lakehead University campus over the decades. The collection ranges from the 1960s into the 1990s with the majority pertaining to the 1980s and early 1990s. The collections are almost evenly split between the photographs and negatives that were collected by the Alumni Association of Lakehead University.

Scripts for over 800 plays performed in Finnish by Finnish-Canadian groups in Thunder Bay.

Also, sheet music accompanying plays and kept separately.

Published poetry and music, primarily in Finnish.

These folders are listed topically into five sections:

1. Provincial elections; 2. C.C.F. National and Provincial Offices; 3. Port Arthur Constituency; 4. Radio and Publicity; 5. Federal Affairs, 1957-63.

Within each section the material is organized chronologically where feasible. The files include correspondence, literature and other material emanating from the national, provincial and local C.C.F. Also included is material from other political parties.

Records of the Port Arthur Thunder Bay Liberal Riding Association / Port Arthur Constituency Liberal Association. Includes constitution; executive, general, and convention meeting minutes; and correspondence.

Records of the Port Arthur Women's Liberal Association. Includes constitution; minutes of executive, general, special, and convention meetings; and correspondence. Also includes newspaper clippings.

Material from the Port Arthur Women's Liberal Association 1952-1962. Includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, and news clippings.

Includes minute books, press clippings, and correspondence.

Posters for events kept separately because of size.

• Woodland Indian Art at the McMichael Canadian Collection
• Seven Women at the Thunder Bay National Exhibition Centre
• Dundas Six and Friends
• Magnus Theatre: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet); I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Waiting for Godot
• Art Auction for the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium